Guard for swingletrees.



H.F.COREY. AWARD FOR SWINGLETREBS. APPLICATION FILED I'EB. 21, 1911.

1,014,284, v Patented Jail. 9, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY IE. COREY, OF MARINE, IOWA.

GUARD FOR SWINGLETREES.

Application filed February 21, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Serial No. 610,090.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. Corinna citizen of the United States,residing at Marne, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Swingletrees;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to guards for preventing the reins from catchingbetween the swingletrees and the doubletree of a pair horse vehicle; andit consists in the novel construction and combination of the partshereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the doubletree andswingletrees provided with a guard according to this invention. Fig. 2is a plan view on the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line00-50 in Fig. 2.

A is a portion of a vehicle pole of any approved construction.

B is a doubletree which is pivoted to the pole by a pin or bolt 1).

C is a strap which is secured to the upper side of the pole, and whichengages with the bolt 7) close under its head.

D D are two swingletrees having their middle portions pivoted to the endportions of the doubletree by pins or bolts (2 d.

In order to prevent the reins from catching under the adjacent endportions of the swingletrees, a guard F is provided. This guard isformed of a single thin rod or stout metallic wire. The middle portionof the rod has an eye f which engages with the pin 5 between thedoubletree and the strap 0. The portions of the rod adjacent to the eyeare bent double and are twisted together to form a short shank g whichis inclined upwardly and rearwardly above the pin 6. The shank goverlaps the eye f and the strap G, and is arranged at an acute angle tothe eye f. The rod has straight portions which extend horizontally inopposite directions from the top of the shank, and these straightportions have arms or cranks h at their ends which project downwardlyand terminate with eyes 2' which engage with the pins d.

The eyes on the guard do not interfere with the pivotal movement of theswingletrees and the doubletree.

What I claim is:

The combination, with a vehicle pole, a doubletree pivoted thereto, andtwo swingletrees pivoted to the doubletree; of a guard formed wholly ofa single piece of stout wire having an eye at its middle portion whichengages with the pivot of the doubletree, the portions of the wire adjacent to the said eye being twisted together to form a shank which isarranged at an acute angle to the said eye and which projects above it,said wire having horizontal portions which extend in opposite directionsfrom the top of the said shank and which terminate in cranked armshaving eyes which engage with the pivots of the swingletrees.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY F. COREY.

Witnesses:

HUGO A. OARBUHN, HENRY C. KOEHRSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

